. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30. 1962
A 3
The Medical Roundup
by
Emtrliut Consultant In Medlrtnt
Mavo clinic
Emeritus pr(rsor of Medtctn
Mayo Clinic
UUgtsicr and Tribune Syndicate.
1962)
1
Some Treatments Htlpful
For Only Certain Illness
It is said that people so
cling to a little hope that,
commonly, in their eagerness
to find a cure
for theinloved
one, they fail
to read care
fully an ar
ticle that in
terests them.
For instance,
recently I told
of two very
rare diseases
Aivarn of infants, in
which there is a chemical de
fect which, if allowed to per
sist, usually will destroy much
ot the child's brain. As I said,
if the needed diet is not start
ed at birth, later, when the
child is mentally retarded,
nothing can be done.
I am now getting a flood of
letters from unhappy people.
My heart goes out to them be
cause they tell me of their
child who is perhaps 10 or 15
or 18 years old, and Is in a
school for the mentally re
tarded. They want me quick
ly to send them the diet for
the defect I described. I am
sad because I have to tell
these poor people that I know,
of nothing that can now be
done for their child, except to
teach him as much as he can
learn.
Similarly, because I have
told here of things that a sur
geon sometimes can do for a
man who has recently had a
series of peculiar little
strokes, many people write
asking where they can take
their old father, who had his
single stroke perhaps five
years ago, and perhaps is still
paralyzed and a bit childish.
Obviously, such a man has
had part of his brain destroy
ed, and no one can build it
back again,
Flood of Letters
A while ago, I told of the
won derful improvement in
hearing that comes to many
people who have a "stapes"
operation for a conduction
type of deafness, with disease
In their middle ear. Perhaps
1 did jiot emphasize the point
sufficiently, but now I am get
ting a flood of letters from
people who say they went to
a good ear specialist to get
the operation.
After making some tests,
the doctor said, "Your trouble
is a nerve type of deafness for
which there is no operation
and no medicine. Often then,
not even a hearing aid will
help." Some of these people
tell me their ear man said,
"Try to learn lip-reading.
That could help you."
But still people go on
hoping, and so they write ask
ing me to refer them to anoth
er ear man who will cure a
nerve deafness, or will oper
ate for it, or will find them a
good hearing aid. I do not
blame these people because
they haven't, in their mind's
eye, llie picture of the exter
nal car, the middle ear, the
inner ear, and the nerve that
runs from the inner ear to the
brain.
Without such a picture, and
without knowledge of how
the complicated hearing
mechanism works, it is very I
hard for them to understand
why one man can be cured I
with an operation, and anoth-1
er man can't be helped by 1
anything. I
A Cyclothymic Parson '
People write to say that
their doctors call them "cyclo.
thymic" and they want to
know what this means. There
are thousands of able and in
teresting people who are
cyclothymic, which means
that they are either up too far
or down too far in their mood.
One evening, a cyclothymic
person may be delighting a
group of people with his rapid
and interesting and enthusi
astic talk, and the next day
he may be quiet and "down
in the dumps."
Ask him about this and he
may say that all his life he
has been having "hypomanic
days" when he is merry and
talkative and very friendly.
On these days, his mind runs
so fast and so well that he
can perhaps dash off a maga
zine article plus one or two
poems. In a group of people,
he may be very amusing,
making up puns and limer
icks. On another day. his
friends will wonder what is
wrong with him because he
is so silent and slowed-up.
Usually, when one finds a
person of this type one soon
learns that one or two of his
relatives suffered from a more
definite depression: perhaps
one learns that some relative
had one or two bad spells of
depression in his or her life.
Usually, a cyclothymic person
needs no treatment because
Oie maintains good self-control
in both his manic and
1, depressed spells. Many,
such people whom I have
known as patients never
knew what had been wrong
with them, until I showed
them the significance of their
overly-wide swings of temper
ament. .
Are you nervous? Some
people naturally are. To learn
how to deal with your nerv
ousness, read Dr. Alvarez'
booklet, "Triumph Over
Nervousness." It may be ob
tained by sending 25 cents
and a stamped, sclf-addrcssed
envelope with your request to
Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept.
MMT, The Register and Trib
une Syndicate, Box 957, Des
Moines 4, Iowa.
Theyll Do It Every Time . By Jimmy Hatlo
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when am actor
IN A MOVIE
LEAVES A
RESTAURANT IN
A MURRy WE
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down A Big
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LOAD OF HIM
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Dennis the Menace
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Chance at Higher
Education Should
Be Given Seniors
'What could ya expect? l was the 0AD6W,'
Thornton Political
Campaign Expenses
Listed as $3,079
Salem - lUPP - The Thorn
ton for governor committee
spent only $3,079 in its suc
cessful drive to get Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton nominat
ed for governor in the May
18 primary, according to a
campaign expense report on
file here.
The committee also said it
had about $4 left over.
Thornton reported personal
expenses of $2,000, setting his
total campaign costs at just
over $5,000.
Thornton's closest rival for
the Democratic nomination,
State Sen. Walter J. Pearson
of Portland, spent $10,825,
and the committee that won
renomination for GOP Gov.
Mark Hatfield spent $13,877
-altough $3,300 of that was
charged 'off to the November
campaign coming up.
Deadline Monday
Expense reports of cam
paign committees were due in
the state elections division by
law at 5 p.m. (PST) Monday.
Candidates have until next
week to get their personal ex
pense reports in.
Other filings included:
Carl Fisher of Eugene, for
the Republican nomination
for Congress, fourth district,
$6,609.
Patrick Flynn of Eugene,
for Democratic nomination to
All high school graduates
who can go to college and can
benefit by higher education
should be given that oppor
tunity, William E. Ruck,
chairman of the Medford High
school sholarship committee
said Tuesday in a luncheon
address before the Medford
Rotary club.
Speaking at the Rogue Val
ley Country club. Ruck told
of the new programs of schol
arships, grants and loans
which are making it possible
for many more to secure ad
vanced education than was
possible a few years ago.
With many new jobs calling
for young men and women
with specialized training and
expanded educational back-
Congress, fourth district $1,
121. Charles E. Gilbert of Port
land, for Democratic U. S.
Senate nomination, $2,169.
Norman O. Nilsen of Port
land, Democrat for renomina
tion as state labor commis
sioner, $191.
Charles O. Porter, Eugene,
Democrat for Congress, fourth
district, $5,517.
Duncan's Expanses
Robert B. Duncan, Med
ford, Democrat for Congress,
fourth district, $3,989.
Robert W. Slraub, Eugene,
Democrat for Congress, fourth
district, $3,625.
Robert Chandler, Bend Re
publican for Congress, second
district $96.
Harold Livingston, Corval
lis. Republican for U. S. Sen
ate $2,383.
Walter Norblad, Stayton,
Republican for Congress, first
district, none.
William McAllister, Salem,
for Supreme Court justice,
$19.
ground, the need for financial
assistance is often urgent.
Program's Philosophy
The philosophy behind the
scholarship program is pri
mary responsibility on the
part of the student's family,
the speaker emphasized.
Scholarship money should al
ways be supplemental to fam
ily ability to pay.
The scholarship committee
here utilizes the services of a
Los Angeles organization that
determines, by electronic com
puter, the basis of financial
aid after analyzing confiden
tial family financial state
ments and other pertinent
data. Regular progress reports
are provided to those indi
viduals, firms and organiza
lions sponsoring scholars,
Ruck said.
In the 1962 class here 81
students will receive grants
and loans enabling them to at
tend schools and colleges from
Alaska to New York. The
scholarships include advanced
education from Harvard and
Wellcsly to OTI and the Eu
gene Beauty school.
Ruck is senior boys coun
selor and instructor In social
studies at Medford High
school, and his civic and fra
ternal activities include mem
bership on Mcdford's planning
commission and past cxhalted
ruler of Medford Lodge,
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